|
Читайте также: |
Selection of plant location for establishing a chemical industry
The geographical location of the plant contributes a lot to the success of any chemical business venture. Utmost care and judgment is required to select the plant site, and many different factors must be considered while selecting the plant site.
The plant site should be ideally located where the cost of production and distribution can be at a minimum level. Also there has to be a good scope for plant expansion and a conducive environment, safe living conditions for easy plant operation. But other factors, such as safe living conditions for plant personnel as well as the surrounding community are also important.
The major factors in the selection of chemical plant sites are raw materials, markets, energy supply, climate, transportation facilities, and water supply. For a preliminary survey, the first four factors should be considered. On the basis of raw materials availability, market survey, energy supply, and climate, acceptable locations can usually be reduced to one or two general geographical regions.
In the second step, the effects of transportation facilities and water supply are taken into account. This permits reduction of the possible plant location to few general target areas. These areas can be reduced further by considering all the factors that have an influence on plant location.
As a third step, a detailed analysis of the remaining sites can be made, exact data on items such as freight rates, labor conditions, tax rates, price of land, and general local conditions can be obtained. The various sites can be inspected and appraised on the basis of all the factors influencing the final decision. The final decision on selecting the plant site should take into consideration all the factors that can affect the ultimate success of the overall plant operation.
The choice of the final site should be based on a detailed survey of various geographical areas, and ultimately, on the advantages and disadvantages of available real estate. An initial outline regarding the plant location should be obtained before a design project reaches the detailed estimate stage, and a firm location should be established upon completion of the detailed estimate design. The factors that must be evaluated in a plant location study indicate the need for a vast amount of information.
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1193530 (05.04.2010)
PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Дата добавления: 2015-10-24; просмотров: 68 | Нарушение авторских прав
| <== предыдущая страница | | | следующая страница ==> |
| Find necessary information in the text above. Fill in the table below. | | | Use the words given in capitals to form the words that fit in the spaces. |